# Brenda Stanley

Brenda Stanley is a Republican member of the Oklahoma Senate for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oklahoma Senate, district 42
- Serving since: 2003-12-31
- Current term: OK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/55b572a7-2951-4597-b70c-e37b51163b03

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55b572a7-2951-4597-b70c-e37b51163b03 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Stanley sits at +0.60 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 83% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 228 donors and 854 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OK 2025–26 session)

1,658 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Oklahoma Senate 93.7%). Party unity 95.9% (90.2%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 1360 Mathematics instruction; Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act; teacher training; creating the Office of Mathematics Improvement; Director;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1360/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SJR 52 Joint resolution; approving certain proposed permanent rules of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SJR52/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Veto Override With Emergency · HB 3004 Professions and occupations; Board of Examiners in Optometry; sunset; effective date; emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3004/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1092 Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission; approving certain proposed permanent rule changes; directing distribution. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1092/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · House Amendments · SB 2071 Agriculture; Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; clarifying jurisdictional authority of dairy inspection and grading programs. Effective date. · fail · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2071/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Suspend Rule · HJR 1077 Constitutional amendment; Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund; creating the For Oklahoma’s Future Trust Fund; purpose; providing fund principal;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1077/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · HB 3021 Schools; curriculum requirements for graduation; diploma pathway; State Department of Education; notice; seminar; English requirements financial… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3021/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 2 Wind energy; providing setback requirements for certain affected counties; waiver; referral of question to eligible voters; zoning; construction;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Fourth Reading · SB 1618 Criminal procedure; creating the Public Protection Act; conditions of release; public safety reports. Effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1618/
- 2026-05-14 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1099 Joint Resolution; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; approving certain proposed permanent major rules; directing distribution. · pass · https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HJR1099/

## Legislation (OK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 110 bills: 110 reached committee, 74 passed one chamber, 55 passed both, 40 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oklahoma Senate 55.9%; rank 13 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 40: Resolution; designating the second week in April as "Lung Cancer Action Week." (passed one chamber, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SR40/
- SB 2042: Nursing facilities; imposing certain duty on personnel of the State Department of Health related to emergency orders. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2042/
- SB 1794: Mental health; creating the Oklahoma Behavioral Health Vacancy Registry Act; requiring establishment of certain behavioral health vacancy registry; mandating… (became law, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1794/
- SB 1375: Curriculum requirements; requiring students beginning in certain school year to complete certain computer science unit to graduate. Effective date. Emergency. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1375/
- HB 4410: Long-term care referral fees; referral agency referrals; disclosure requirements; restrictions; duties; compensation for referral agency; effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB4410/
- HB 3755: Oklahoma Juvenile Code; directing certain provision of medication and reimbursement; creating the Juvenile Detention Prescription Medication Fund; effective… (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3755/
- SB 1651: State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; modifying various provisions related to physicians and allied health professionals. Effective date. (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB1651/
- HB 3287: Public health and safety; directing hospitals and health care facilities to post certain signage; codification; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3287/
- HB 3345: Inmate assessment and evaluations; providing risk, mental health and substance abuse screenings for arrested persons; effective date. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/HB3345/
- SB 2010: Driver licenses; requiring the provision of certain proof of lawful presence; creating certain designation for certain licenses. Effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ok/bills/2026/SB2010/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $224.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://oksenate.gov/senators/brenda-stanley
- Campaign site: http://senatorbrendastanley.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrendaStanleyOK
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brenda.stanley.9277
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-stanley-2b32781ab/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55b572a7-2951-4597-b70c-e37b51163b03